Conceptual Challenge Problems
These rigorous, thought-provoking problems integrate conceptual learning with problem solving and are suitable for group work.
CP5.A (Section 5.3) There is a conservation of the number of electrons exchanged during redox reactions, which is tantamount to stating that electrical charge is conserved during chemical reactions. The assignment of oxidation numbers is an arbitrary yet clever way to do the bookkeeping for these electrons. What makes it possible to assign the same oxidation number to all elements that are not bound to other elements not in chemical compounds?
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